Author: Alex Schadenberg

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Vincent Lambert case which concerns the withdrawal of food and fluids of a cognitively disabled man, also opens the question of the goals of the euthanasia lobby. Sign the petition: Protect Vincent Lambert’s Life. Kevin Yuill, author of the book Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist …

By Alex Schadenberg, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Chris Ford, a socially left researcher and disability in New Zealand explains why he recently changed his mind on euthanasia. Ford, whose commentary was published on May 27 by Newsroom writes, The turning point for me came about a month ago. I saw the report of a meeting hosted …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition E. Wesley Ely, who, among his other professional accolades, holds The Grant W. Liddle Chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, wrote an insightful article that was published in USA Today titled: Death by organ donation: Euthanizing patients for their organs gains frightening traction. Dr. …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. Victoria and Queensland are states in Australia. The legalization of euthanasia is being debated throughout Australia. Last year Victoria Australia legalized euthanasia. Similar to Canada, once euthanasia becomes legal people immediately begin to debate the expansion of the law. Felicity Caldwell reported for The …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Nicolas Bonnemaison, a French doctor who was convicted in 2015 in the euthanasia death of a patient and acquitted in the alleged euthanasia deaths of six other patients, cannot be reinstated in his medical practice. According …

By Alex Schadenberg, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. This post combines two items, a story written by Mr. Schadenberg and a press release from the advocacy group “Not Dead Yet.” A rally was held this week at the New Zealand parliament by the Pacific People native group opposing the euthanasia bill. According to a Radio …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week The Federalist published an article by Lillian Quinones that is about the experience of a Belgian palliative care nurse. Sadly, this is not a new story but a continuing story. In 2014, I republished an article by Claire-Marie Le Huu-Etchecopar, a French nurse who …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Several weeks ago the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition announced our intention to intervene in the case of Hannah Cement which was being heard by the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board. The Consent and Capacity Board is a judicial body that was established under the Ontario Health Care …